ASAP Ferg

No city owns me, you know what I'm saying? I'm from New York, but no city owns me. Nobody can bottle up my sound and box me in. Yes, I am a rapper, but am I a New York rapper? No. I am from New York, I love New York to death, but I will not conform myself to one place, no. ”

At the end of the day, you can't take my love for my people away. ”

With 'Dope Walk,' I wanted to bring back kids dancing and having fun again. That's how it used to be in Harlem. I remember everybody Harlem-shaking and 'Chicken Noodle Soup'-ing. Those were some of the most fun and memorable times in my life. ”

I'm relevant because I fill a void for people who aren't doing what they want to do in life. ”

People who are scared don't live life. ”

I always shout out my dad. My artistic roots come from him. He had his own T-shirt company and taught me the trade. ”

Rapping can be repetition sometimes. Sometimes you gotta highlight your words in a certain kind of way. So I always was a fan of sing-rapping. It was always funny to me a little bit, and I think that being funny and being able to laugh, even at yourself, is a form of flattery. ”

I'm happy, so I just want to project that happiness through my music to make other people happy. ”

If I was just to shut up, I wouldn't be a true artist. ”

There's no racism with the Internet. ”